Problems downloading from marketplace

toxicmegacolon
Enthusiast - Level 1

Lately when I either download something new from the market place or try to update an existing app I get an error message that states that file to large and that I need to download with WIFI, I have an unlimited data plan and am at 4gb so far this month.  Anyone else have this problem?

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Wildman
Legend

This is common for games and other apps that have to download a large file because you have less chance of having corrupt files when you are download something large and also the transfer speeds are usually more stable on wifi than 3g and sometimes 4g limited coverage in some areas...  I recently bought 9mm game and this was required to download the files and until the connections are more stable this is a good thing that this is required..

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DaleH
Enthusiast - Level 1

Is there a work around for this I don't have wifi at my disposal anywhere?

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curtterp
Specialist - Level 1

DaleH wrote:

Is there a work around for this I don't have wifi at my disposal anywhere?



Starbucks, Panera Bread, and McDonalds have free WiFi at most of their locations. A lot of hotels also have free WiFi.

 

 

 

Just a thought on WiFi options

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AntonioC_VZW
Verizon Employee

Hi toxicmegacolon,

 

I understand your concerns; I would be frustrated if unable to download apps from the market. Please ensure that data saver is OFF as having data saver ON would cause the apps to only be downloaded over Wi-Fi. To turn off data saver:

 

Go to settings->battery data manager->Data saver.

 

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babygirlga
Newbie

Found the issue was related to WIFI!! had to make sure I was signed on to a wi-fi network to get the download to complete...

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